Job Description

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary:

Qualcomm is looking for talented and enthusiastic engineers with strong interests and experience in OS, Hypervisor, kernel and computer architecture. The Qualcomm Hypervisor team is world‑leading, enabling virtualization across multiple chipset products for mobile, automotive, compute and IoT. The team is responsible for the hypervisor software layers that plays a key role in platform security and performance.

Qualcomm is industry leading in its adoption of virtualization technology in its Snapdragon mobile products. The team has built hypervisor and SMMU expertise and continues to develop innovative features, enhancements, and use‑cases.

As a software engineer at Qualcomm, you will help develop SMMU, hypervisor/Virtualization and related software for the latest cutting‑edge Application processors, which is embedded in a wide range of chipset products and used by many OEMs in millions of devices. The role will include interfacing with large software stacks such as Bootloaders, Linux and TrustZone – which provides the opportunity to interact with teams around the world.

We are looking for a highly motivated engineer and team player who is passionate to learn new technologies and write low level firmware that drives hardware and SoC.

Responsibilities:

• Design, development and integration of SoC firmware features, diagnostics and test capabilities for QCT platforms.
• Strong coordination and collaboration across wide range of technical areas to include software, hardware, ASIC, integration, architecture, and emulation teams.
• Paying attention to the details during all phases of firmware design, development, integration, testing and release – work with emulation, HW design teams, as necessary, in verifying and debugging firmware, driver and resolving platform issues.
• Efficient and secure (i.e., cognizant of not exposing security exploits) coding plus driving code review of firmware logic updates with all required stakeholders.
• On time execution of defined tasks and deliverables, driving dependencies with other teams to closure.
• Triage of software issues, defect investigation and problem resolution.
• Technical documentation including APIs, manuals, and user guides.
• Skills and Experience – we are looking for engineers from a range of backgrounds and experience, including graduates and experienced kernel and systems developers.

Preferred Skills and Experience:

• 8+ years of experience in operating systems internals, Linux kernel, embedded firmware, device drivers, virtualization/hypervisor (KVM/pKVM/XEN/Gunyah etc.).
• Strong understanding or experience with C language and data structures/algorithms.
• Understanding of computer architecture, operating systems, and kernels. Linux, bootloader, PCIe or OS development experience.
• ARM CPU architecture knowledge. IOMMU and ARM SMMU knowledge; hypervisors and virtualization.
• Experience with multiprocessing or multithreading, concurrency, and synchronization. Writing device drivers and interfacing hardware.
• Experience with secure coding.
• Use of debugging tools such as GDB, Lauterbach Trace32 and understanding assembly. Real‑time OS. Toolchains and systems libraries (libc etc.).
• Python, shell scripting and Linux based development environment.
• Good communication and presentation skills.
• Test development and test automation.
• Contributing to open‑source projects.
• Demonstrated independent software design, good analytic and problem‑solving skills. Any automotive and functional safety experience may also be relevant.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of software engineering or related work experience.
• Master’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of software engineering or related work experience.
• PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of software engineering or related work experience.
• 2+ years of work experience with programming languages such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
• 8+ years of software engineering or related work experience.
• 3+ years of experience with database management software.
• 3+ years of experience with APIs.
• 1+ year of work experience with Git, Perforce, or source code management system.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Leverages advanced software knowledge and experience to design, develop, create, modify, and validate embedded and cloud edge software, applications, and/or specialized utility programs.
• Analyzes user needs, software requirements, and time and cost constraints to design and customize software for optimal operational efficiency.
• Designs and implements software modules for large‑scale products and systems.
• Participates in and leads design, coding, unit testing, debugging, and integration efforts to ensure projects are completed to specifications and schedules.
• Performs complex code reviews and regression tests as well as triages and fixes issues to ensure the quality of code.
• Collaborates with individuals outside the software function (e.g., hardware, systems, and test engineers) to ensure solutions work with other components of a specific project.
• Writes detailed technical documentation for complex software projects.

Level of Responsibility:

• Works independently with minimal supervision.
• Provides supervision/guidance to other team members.
• Decision‑making is significant in nature and affects work beyond immediate work group.
• Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey information. May require basic negotiation, influence, tact, etc.
• Has a moderate amount of influence over key organizational decisions (e.g., is consulted by senior leadership to make key decisions).
• Tasks often require multiple steps which can be performed in various orders; extensive planning, problem‑solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively.

Equal Opportunity Employer statement:

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may email [email protected] or call Qualcomm's toll‑free number found here. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities.

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EEO Employer Statement:

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected classification.

Compensation & Benefits:

The pay range for this position is $134,800.00 – $202,200.00. Salary is one component of total compensation at Qualcomm, which also includes a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants. In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer – and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.

Contact Information:

If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.

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